The DA finally stepped up and we got the news that those rabbits are officially being surrendered for good. My hands are literally shaking typing this because it just feels like such a huge weight is finally off all our shoulders after so much uncertainty. Please keep an eye on …
February 20, 2015
Tell the ASPCA, the NYPD and the Brooklyn District Attorney to hold Brooklyn animal hoarder Dorota Trec responsible!
Final supporters
On the evening of January 26, during snowstorm Juno, the ASPCA and the NYPD seized more than 70 freezing cold rabbits from a backyard in Gowanus, Brooklyn, after owner Dorota Trec refused to provide adequate shelter for them even as snow was beginning to pile up.
Rabbit advocates had pleaded with the authorities for weeks to seize and examine Trec's rabbits and to charge her with animal cruelty, as the rabbits were forced tolive in deplorable conditions behind a tire shopat Third Avenue and Ninth Street.
The NYPD, the ASPCA and the Brooklyn DA had abandoned a previous investigation at the beginning of January during freezing temperatures, even as photos showed frozen water dishes and a lack of adequate food and shelter. According to rabbit advocates present during the seizure, the rabbits had multiple bites on their ears and noses.
Owner Dorota Trec had been offered assistance to get her multiplying animals sterilized and to provide hutches in which the animals could hide in bad weather, but she refused. Instead, she told rabbit advocates that she is breeding the animals, that she would sell unwanted animals to be fed to snakes and that sterilization is comparable to abortion. She also threatened to sue them for interfering with her rabbit-breeding operation.
As of January 27, Dorota Trec has not been charged with animal cruelty, and news sources report that the rabbits will possibly be returned to her after the investigation.
Demand that the NYPD, the ASPCA and the Brooklyn District Attorney seize the remaining rabbits, charge Dorota Trec with animal cruelty and that they not return the animals unless she sterilizes them and provides adequate food and shelter.
Image credit: Natalie Reeves. (Image taken before the snow storm.)
Updates
Reached 2,500 supporters
January 31, 2015
January 30, 2015
I just looked at the screen and saw 1000 names which feels completely wild because I started this in such a blur of frustration and anger while watching the news coverage. It honestly blows my mind that so many of you care about these rabbits in Brooklyn because it felt like for a long time I was shouting into a void about the conditions back there behind that shop.
January 29, 2015
I am still waiting on any real news from the DA because the silence is incredibly frustrating while those poor rabbits wait for justice. I have been spending my nights scrolling through all your stories and comments which just makes it clearer that we cannot let them hand these animals back to her after everything that happened in the snow.
Reached 1,000 supporters
January 29, 2015
Reached 100 supporters
January 28, 2015
1,878 Comments
Bunnies are animals just like dogs or cats, and many people appear ignorant of this fact. Mistreatment of rabbits in this way is every bit as deserving of criminal prosecution as other, more sensationalistic animal-related crimes (dog-fighting, etc).
Rabbits are intelligent pets, and domestic breeds with short, cute faces have distinct disadvantages when left outdoors. Domestic rabbits are also much more susceptible to disease and parasites that are found outside. This woman needs to be punished.
We must be living in the dumbest, most backwards country in the world if I have to sign a petition to try to prevent an animal abuser from getting the animals she abused back to her... 24 hours after the story made International news. Idiocracy is here.
Clear case of animal abuse! She needs to be held accountable for her inactions. All rabbits deserve a good home and go to a rescue. This is a violation of the law! As law enforcement it is your duty to uphold set standards for proper animal care.
The ASPCA and NYPD would NEVER allow dogs or cats to be kept in these squalid conditions, with no protectection from the freezing cold, rain, or snow! Just because the A and NYPD don't care about these animals doesn't mean they're not suffering.
SHAME ON YOU !!!
Please see to it that these rabbits are not returned to this woman, and that they are provided with the shelter, housing conditions, and protection they deserve.
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The DA finally stepped up and we got the news that those rabbits are officially being surrendered for good. My hands are literally shaking typing this because it just feels like such a huge weight is finally off all our shoulders after so much uncertainty. Please keep an eye on …
February 20, 2015
Tell the ASPCA, the NYPD and the Brooklyn District Attorney to hold Brooklyn animal hoarder Dorota Trec responsible!
Final supporters
On the evening of January 26, during snowstorm Juno, the ASPCA and the NYPD seized more than 70 freezing cold rabbits from a backyard in Gowanus, Brooklyn, after owner Dorota Trec refused to provide adequate shelter for them even as snow was beginning to pile up.
Rabbit advocates had pleaded with the authorities for weeks to seize and examine Trec's rabbits and to charge her with animal cruelty, as the rabbits were forced tolive in deplorable conditions behind a tire shopat Third Avenue and Ninth Street.
The NYPD, the ASPCA and the Brooklyn DA had abandoned a previous investigation at the beginning of January during freezing temperatures, even as photos showed frozen water dishes and a lack of adequate food and shelter. According to rabbit advocates present during the seizure, the rabbits had multiple bites on their ears and noses.
Owner Dorota Trec had been offered assistance to get her multiplying animals sterilized and to provide hutches in which the animals could hide in bad weather, but she refused. Instead, she told rabbit advocates that she is breeding the animals, that she would sell unwanted animals to be fed to snakes and that sterilization is comparable to abortion. She also threatened to sue them for interfering with her rabbit-breeding operation.
As of January 27, Dorota Trec has not been charged with animal cruelty, and news sources report that the rabbits will possibly be returned to her after the investigation.
Demand that the NYPD, the ASPCA and the Brooklyn District Attorney seize the remaining rabbits, charge Dorota Trec with animal cruelty and that they not return the animals unless she sterilizes them and provides adequate food and shelter.
Image credit: Natalie Reeves. (Image taken before the snow storm.)
Updates
Reached 2,500 supporters
January 31, 2015
January 30, 2015
I just looked at the screen and saw 1000 names which feels completely wild because I started this in such a blur of frustration and anger while watching the news coverage. It honestly blows my mind that so many of you care about these rabbits in Brooklyn because it felt like for a long time I was shouting into a void about the conditions back there behind that shop.
January 29, 2015
I am still waiting on any real news from the DA because the silence is incredibly frustrating while those poor rabbits wait for justice. I have been spending my nights scrolling through all your stories and comments which just makes it clearer that we cannot let them hand these animals back to her after everything that happened in the snow.
Reached 1,000 supporters
January 29, 2015
Reached 100 supporters
January 28, 2015
1,878 Comments
Dorota Trec should be held responsible for animal abuse & neglect & should foot the bill for the care of these affected animals. Thank you to all the decent people helping with this unfortunate situation & especially those caring for the animals.
Bunnies are animals just like dogs or cats, and many people appear ignorant of this fact. Mistreatment of rabbits in this way is every bit as deserving of criminal prosecution as other, more sensationalistic animal-related crimes (dog-fighting, etc).
Rabbits are intelligent pets, and domestic breeds with short, cute faces have distinct disadvantages when left outdoors. Domestic rabbits are also much more susceptible to disease and parasites that are found outside. This woman needs to be punished.
We must be living in the dumbest, most backwards country in the world if I have to sign a petition to try to prevent an animal abuser from getting the animals she abused back to her... 24 hours after the story made International news. Idiocracy is here.
Clear case of animal abuse! She needs to be held accountable for her inactions. All rabbits deserve a good home and go to a rescue. This is a violation of the law! As law enforcement it is your duty to uphold set standards for proper animal care.
The ASPCA and NYPD would NEVER allow dogs or cats to be kept in these squalid conditions, with no protectection from the freezing cold, rain, or snow! Just because the A and NYPD don't care about these animals doesn't mean they're not suffering.
SHAME ON YOU !!!
Please see to it that these rabbits are not returned to this woman, and that they are provided with the shelter, housing conditions, and protection they deserve.
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Dorota Trec should be held responsible for animal abuse & neglect & should foot the bill for the care of these affected animals. Thank you to all the decent people helping with this unfortunate situation & especially those caring for the animals.